English Explanatory Dictionary

oppidum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large, defended Iron Age settlement associated with the Celtic La Tène culture.

Word forms

oppidum oppida

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ópi Proto-Indo-European *ped-o-m Proto-Italic *op(i)-pedom Latin oppidumubor. English oppidum Unadapted borrowing from Latin oppidum (“(chiefly walled or fortified) town”).

Related words

oppidan
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